How to Profile .NET MAUI Applications and Isolate Performance-Related Issues
According to Google/SOASTA research, bounce rates increase by 32% when page load takes 1-3 seconds. Though enterprise mobile app users are unlikely to close an application if they encounter unnecessary...
View Article.NET and .NET Framework — Migration from Newtonsoft.Json to System.Text.Json...
What Will Change in v24.1In our v24.1 release cycle (set to ship in June 2024), the following DevExpress products will use Microsoft’s System.Text.Json instead of Newtonsoft.Json for JSON...
View Article.NET MAUI — Early Access Preview (v24.1) & Minor Update Enhancements (v23.2.5)
We expect to ship our next major .NET MAUI update (v24.1) in a couple of months. This post outlines the features available in our early access preview (EAP) build and documents features included in our...
View ArticlePDF Document API — Digital Signature Validation (v23.2)
As you know, signature validation helps promote document integrity and authenticity (signature validation mitigates risks associated with document tampering, unauthorized modifications, identity...
View ArticleCross-Platform Aesthetics: How to Manage Fonts and Deliver a Unified User...
Processing documents on different platforms can be challenging, especially when dealing with fonts that are not universally available across all machines/operating systems. Needless to say, missing...
View ArticleSee you at BUILD 2024 in Seattle!
Microsoft BUILD will be happening May 21-23, 2024 in Seattle! And... we are so excited to let you all know that we will be back IN PERSON this year!! Please stop by our Expert Meet-Up Space if you are...
View ArticleVCL v24.1 EAP — RAD Studio 12.1 Support, Secondary Axes & Palettes in Charts,...
As you may already know, we are a couple of months away from our next major update (v24.1). This post describes a few VCL-related features we expect to ship in early June and details what’s inside our...
View ArticleDevExtreme (v23.1, v23.2) – TypeScript Enhancements (Angular, React, Vue)
In this post, I'll describe TypeScript-related enhancements introduced in our last two major updates (v23.1 and v23.2). Should you have questions about these new capabilities, please submit a ticket...
View ArticleReporting — Create Reports in Node.js Apps via .NET And WebAssembly Integration
Why Node.js and WebAssembly?Customizing DevExpress Reports (within a back-end application) may present unique challenges to front end-web developers new to .NET. In this post, we'll show you how the...
View ArticleXAF v24.1 EAP — Tabbed MDI, Batch Edit, Notifications, Customization Form and...
As you may already know, we are a couple of months away from our next major update (v24.1). This post describes a few XAF-related features we expect to ship in early June and details what’s inside our...
View Article.NET MAUI: Edit HTML Content with the DevExpress .NET MAUI HTML Edit Control
In the late 80s, physicist Tim Berners-Lee created the first prototype of HTML - a unified format designed to share documents between researchers.Since then, HTML adoption has grown exponentially, and...
View ArticleReporting — Tagged (Accessible) PDF Export Enhancements (v23.2)
Accessibility support remains a high priority here at DevExpress. In our v.23.2 release lifecycle, we focused on accessibility at the control level and to producing more accessible content (PDF...
View ArticleVCL v23.2 — Support for RAD Studio 12.1 Patch 1
Kudos and a big thanks to Embarcadero for their quick turnaround on the RSS-536 incompatibility issue for the Delphi 64-bit compiler (please apply this patch if you installed RAD Studio 12.1...
View ArticleWinForms HTML & CSS Support: Best Practices
In this post, I'll outline important Do's and Don'ts when using the DevExpress WinForms HTML/CSS engine/templates. If you are new to DevExpress/considering our WinForms UI Library for an upcoming...
View ArticleSpreadsheet Document API, Spreadsheet Controls (Win and WPF) — Import Chart...
In our v23.2 release cycle, we've introduced a series of Spreadsheet Chart control enhancements. We've already described error bars, rotated axis labels, and rich text formatting for Chart titles and...
View ArticleChoosing a Framework/App Architecture for Desktop & Mobile Cross-Platform Apps
“Write once, run anywhere" – this slogan helped Java achieve widespread popularity in the mid-1990s. Since then, many cross-platform frameworks have been introduced, such as Ionic, Flutter, and of...
View ArticleUnlock Seamless Deployment: Discover Our Latest Tutorials on Deploying...
New Deployment Guides for Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) We've just released new guides for deploying DevExpress Reports and Office File API-based applications to Microsoft Azure and/or Amazon...
View ArticleOffice File API — Enhance Accessibility in Office Documents (Word & Excel)...
For accessibility-related reasons, certain business usage scenarios require that Office documents include meaningful descriptions/alternative text (Alt Text) for graphics content (images, charts, etc)....
View ArticleHow to Implement Material Design 3 in a .NET MAUI Application
Material Design is a cross-platform system of guidelines developed by Google. Inspired by the textures of the physical world, it helps you craft visually captivating interfaces with balanced colors and...
View Article.NET MAUI Collection View — Switch Between Different Item Representations
How many different ways can you present information using the CollectionView? More importantly, which presentation option should you choose for the best possible user experience? Here is our...
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